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congressman
[ kong-gris-muhn ]
noun
- a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Congressman
/ ˈkɒŋɡrɛsmən /
noun
- (in the US) a male member of Congress, esp of the House of Representatives
Gender Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of congressman1
Example Sentences
Here’s what people won’t say in the Nation or these leftist rags that are attacking congressmen like Ron Wright, is that for two years he’s been battling cancer.
When the employee asked why the Wage and Hour Division couldn’t do more to help, the investigator told the employee to take it up with his congressman.
In that moment, the congressman went into full principal mode and started to survey the situation and make sure everyone was okay.
A spokesman for Fleischmann said the congressman was not in the lockdown area Wednesday.
The identity of the congressman or -men providing those warnings to Brooks is not disclosed, but anyone familiar with recent events can probably identify some likely contenders.
Remember the Christian congressman caught snogging a staffer?
The congressman traces his belief in Santa Claus back 40 years, when he was a student going to college “on the GI Bill.”
The future congressman also had some spaghetti but no sauce.
Schiff, the Hollywood congressman, said that the movie should be promptly released and widely broadcast.
Meet the outgoing Michigan Republican congressman who switched his vote and kept the government funded Thursday.
A Congressman came out, coughin' behind his hand, an' put his handkerchief into th' northwest corner iv his coat.
Th' on'y thing a Congressman isn't afraid iv is th' on'y thing I'd be afraid iv, an' that is iv bein' a Congressman.
He has been a spy for the congressman or senator for years, and now aspires to office.
It was never clear to either of them precisely what a Congressman did.
Clemens wrote to his old friend Rollin M. Daggett, who by this time was a Congressman.
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